An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit the Greek island of Euboea on the night of Monday to Tuesday, and was strongly felt in Athens, the Geodynamics Institute of the National Observatory in Athens reported.
The earthquake occurred half an hour after midnight local time and was localized in the sea 45 kilometers northeast of the Greek capital and 4 kilometers off the coast of Nea Styra in the south-west of the island of Euboea, the second largest Greek island.
According to the Greek media, there is still no news about possible victims and damages.
On the ERT television station, the mayor of the city of Marathon, Stergios Tsirkas, said that the earthquake was very strong, adding that “so far there is no news of damage”.
Greece is located above several geological faults and is frequently affected by earthquakes. In May, an earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale hit the Greek island of Crete and was felt as far as Egypt, but also in the Greek capital, and in January and February, strong seismic activity was recorded in the area of the island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea.
